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GCAP Opens First National Engineering Hub in Turin, Strengthening Italy’s Role in the Next-Generation Fighter Programme

On 9 October, Edgewing inaugurated its Italian headquarters in Turin, marking the first opening of a national engineering hub for the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) outside the company’s UK ...
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More F-16s Leave Aviano for the Gulf

A second group of six U.S. Air Force F-16C fighters is moving from Aviano Air Base, Italy, toward the CENTCOM area today, marking another step in the ongoing Coronet East 116 deployment. The aircraft, ...
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Russian Drone Threat Raises Questions Over Italy’s Air and Naval Base Protection

Warnings that Russia could be preparing drone attacks against Spain, France or Italy have been denied by Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto, and there is currently no publicly available evidence ...
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Italian CAEW returns to the skies after three months, as another aircraft remains deployed in Saudi Arabia

An Italian Air Force E-550A CAEW (reg. MM62293) conducted a test flight in the Phoenix area yesterday, flying for approximately two hours after around three months without detectable public tracking ...
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USAF EA-37B moves from Ramstein to Souda Bay as Washington weighs new Iran strike options

A U.S. Air Force EA-37B Compass Call (reg. 19-1587 – c/s FAZE21) has been tracked this night flying from Ramstein Air Base to Souda Bay, Crete, adding a specialised electronic-warfare asset to the ...
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Swedish Korpen and US Army ARTEMIS II operate simultaneously over the Black Sea

For the third consecutive day, a Swedish Air Force S102B Korpen is operating over the Black Sea, departing from Bucharest, while a US Army ARTEMIS II has launched from Constanța for a parallel ...
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The B-1s Leave RAF Fairford: What the Bomber Exodus Means for Iran

The great exodus from RAF Fairford has now taken place. On Sunday, all 12 US Air Force B-1B Lancers deployed at the British base departed for the United States, leaving Fairford without any US bomber ...
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U.S. F-35As From the UK Toward the Gulf in CENTCOM Deployment

U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighters are now continuing toward the Gulf after staging in the United Kingdom, in a new deployment from Tyndall Air Force Base under Coronet East 118. The fighters ...
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Three KC-135s join 12 US F-16s in Germany for a flight toward the Gulf

Three U.S. Air Force KC-135R Stratotankers departed Bucharest this morning and flew toward Spangdahlem, Germany, where twelve F-16Cs of the Oklahoma Air National Guard’s 138th Fighter Wing had been ...
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Belgium turns to FREMM EVO as delays put Dutch frigate programme under pressure?

Belgium is increasingly looking at Italy’s FREMM EVO as an alternative to the troubled Dutch-led frigate programme, according to an internal Belgian Navy assessment seen by VRT NWS. Brussels is ...
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Three ISR aircraft operate over the Baltic as NATO surveillance focuses on Kaliningrad

Three different intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft were active over the Baltic today, combining British, US and Swedish capabilities in the same operational environment. RAF ...